Free speech zones in question

3:27 PM,
Sep. 21, 2012

Written by

Nat Hentoff
Nat Hentoff

I was pleased to find this on page 12 of the Republican Party's national platform:

"We oppose governmental censorship of speech through the so-called Fairness Doctrine or by government enforcement of speech codes, free speech zones or other forms of 'political correctness' on campus."

The national free-speech force exposing this betrayal of students' and professors' First Amendment rights has been the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE). Its mission: ...